TYLKOWSKI Wojciech. De Breviario Concionatorio, Strenae, Fidelis Prophetissa Concionibus de B. M. Virgine serviens, Conciones Occurentes & Funebres, Cum Aliquibus Fragmentis. Oliva 1686 [Typis Monasterii Olivensis, imprimebat Joannes Jacobus Textor, Factor]. [1] f., 152, 348, 106 p., [1], [8] f.; 4°. Period parchment binding. Rare.
Estr. XV-XVIII, 31, 456. A rare printing issued in a newly opened printing house at the Cistercian monastery in Oliva. Its author was the Jesuit Wojciech Tylkowski (1624-1695), one of the most prolific writers of the Polish Baroque, destined to arouse extreme emotions in subsequent eras. On the one hand, beginning with the Enlightenment, he began to be regarded as an infamous patron of Polish obscurantism and intellectual backwardness, whose harmfulness to Polish culture can only be compared with Benedict Chmielowski's infamous New Athens, ridiculed in solidarity by successive generations. On the other hand, however, his writing prolificity and breadth of interests were awe-inspiring - he was the author of more than 80 works covering almost all areas of knowledge at the time. Thus, for example, his contribution to the theory of acoustics is revered in the specialized literature to this day, while his work on meteorology and physical geography remained the only one of its kind until the time of Jan Sniadecki. The offered print has two undated ownership seals of Western European conventions, which also confirms the fact that Tylkowski's theological works were widely read and respected in the era. Thus, Janusz Tazbir aptly described him as a "ridiculed polyhistor."
The work is in the nature of theological reflections and consists of several parts. It opens with "Strenae " - a treatise on the birth of the Lord. It is followed, with separate pagination, by a treatise on the virtues of Mary - "Fidelis prophetissa" and, unlike Estreicher's, "Fragmenta de sanctis in conceptione B. M. Virg.". Anagrams by Tylkowski himself are included at the end.
Rubbing and scratches to the binding, slight loss to the top of the spine, out-of-date signboards and library markings, traces of moisture.
